Admission Standards

General admission standards

• Age. Applicants for all general, technical, and vocational education programs, basic skills programs, and continuing education courses must be at least 18 years of age or be a high school graduate. However, a basic skills program applicant who is a minor between the ages of 16 and 18 years of age may be considered a student with special needs and may be admit­ted to an appropriate program of study in accordance with policy established by the State Board of Education. Students entering Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) must be at least 20 years of age.

• Education. An applicant’s general level of education should be sufficient to make possible reasonable progress in the program of study. Applicants for associate degree programs must be high school graduates or equivalent, as recognized by the state. The College will only recognize high school diplomas from regionally accredited schools or home schools registered with the state. Students not completing such a program must complete the GED or attain an Adult High School diploma through an accred­ited institution.

Specific Program Admission Standards

Admission standards for specific curriculum pro­grams of study are as follows:

1. Applicants for admission to the following programs are required to meet the above general admission standards in terms of age and education: accounting; advertising and graphic design; air conditioning, heating, and refrigera­tion technology; associate in arts; associate in arts-pre-business administration; associate in fine arts-arts and music; associate in general education, associate in science; associate in science-biology and biology education; associ­ate in science-pre-engineering; bioprocess technology; business administration; community Spanish interpreter; heavy equipment and transport technology; horticulture technology; industrial systems technology, computer-integrated machining technology; medical office administration; networking technology; office systems technology; paralegal technology; and welding technology. Specific program admission requirements are not applicable to the above programs of study.
2. Health Programs. Students accepted to health programs (associate degree nursing, cardiac and vascular sonography, computed tomog­raphy, emergency medical science, magnetic resonance imaging, medical assisting, medical sonography, nuclear medicine technology, phar­macy technology, radiography, and therapeutic massage) will submit to criminal background checks and initial and random drug screening as directed by affiliating clinical agencies. Clinical agencies reserve the right to deny students access based on criminal background. This denial will result in the inability of the student to successfully complete the program.
3. Specific program admission requirements in ad­dition to age and education are applicable to the following programs of study:
   
   
   • Associate Degree Nursing
   • Basic Law Enforcement Technology
   • Cardiac and Vascular Sonography
   • Computed Tomography
   • Cosmetology
   • Criminal Justice Technology
   • Criminal Justice Technology - Latent Evidence
   • Early Childhood Education
   • Emergency Medical Science
   • Magnetic Resonance Imagine [MRI]
   • Medical Assisting
   • Medical Sonography
   • North Carolina Truck Driver Training School
   • Nuclear Medicine Technology
   • Pharmacy Technology
   • Radiography
   • Therapeutic Massage

Special Program Admissions

A special certificate program, Greenhouse and Grounds Maintenance, is offered in conjunction with the Johnson County Mental Health Department. This program is designed to provide therapeutic training for students with emotional/mental handicaps. Students are referred to the program through the Johnson County Mental Health Department.

Career and College Promise Admissions

Career and College Promise provides dual enrollment educational opportunities for eligible North Carolina high school students in order to accelerate completion of col­lege certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees that lead to college transfer or provide entry-level job skills. Johnston Community College will offer the following Career and College Promise pathways aligned with the K-12 curriculum and career and college ready standards adopted by the State Board of Education:

1. A Core 44 College Transfer Pathway leading to a minimum of 30 hours of transfer credit;
2. A Career and Technical Pathway leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree;
3. A Cooperative Innovative High School Pathway

Core 44 College Transfer Pathway

1. The Career and College Core 44 College Transfer Path­way requires the completion of at least 30 semester hours of transfer courses, including English and math.
2. To be eligible for enrollment, a high school student must meet the following criteria:

   a. Be a high school junior or senior
   b. Have a weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses; and
   c. Demonstrate college readiness on an assessment or placement test. A student must demonstrate
      college readiness in English, reading, and mathematics to be eligible for enrollment in a
      Core 44 College Transfer Pathway.

3. To maintain eligibility for continued enrollment, a student must
   a. Continue to make progress toward high school graduation, and
   b. Maintain a 2.0 GPA in college coursework after com­pleting two courses.
   
4. A student must enroll in one Core 44 College Transfer Pathway program of study and may not substitute courses in one program for courses in another.
5. With approval of the high school principal or his/her desig­nee and the college’s chief student development adminis­trator, a student may:
   a. Change his/her program of study major
   b. Continue to earn college transfer credits leading to the completion of the 44-hour general education
      transfer rule, if he/she completes a Core 44 College Transfer Pathway while still enrolled in
      high school.
   c. Enroll in both a Core 44 College Transfer Pathway program of study and a Career Technical
      Education program of study.
   

Career and Technical Education Pathway

The Career and College Promise Career Technical Education Pathway leads to a certificate or diploma aligned with a high school career cluster.

To be eligible for enrollment, a high school student must meet the following criteria:

a. Be a high school junior or senior;
b. Have a weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses or have the recommendation of the high school principal or his/her designee; and
c. Meet the prerequisites for the career pathway.

High school counselors should consider students’ PLAN scores in making pathway recommendations.

College Career Technical Education courses may be used to provide partial or full fulfillment of a four unit career cluster.

To maintain eligibility for continued enrollment, a student must

a. Continue to make progress toward high school graduation, and
b. Maintain a 2.0 in college coursework after completing two courses.

A student must enroll in one program of study and may not substitute courses in one program for courses in another program. The student may change his/her program of study major with approval of the high school principal or his/her designee and the college’s chief student development administrator.

 

Cooperative Innovative High School Programs

1. Cooperative Innovative High School Programs are located on college campuses, enroll 100 or fewer students per grade level, and provide opportunities for students to complete an asso­ciate degree program or earn up to two years of college credit within five years.
2. Eligibility requirements for Cooperative In­novative High School Programs are established jointly by the local board of education and local board of trustees.

Cooperative Innovative High School Programs:

• Johnston County Middle College High School
• Johnston County Early College Academy High School

Listed below are the programs offered in each of the Pathways:

College Transfer Pathways:

• Engineering and Mathematics
• Life and Health Sciences
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Business and Economics

Career and Technical Pathways:

• Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology
• Computer Integrated Machining Technology
• Criminal Justice Technology
  Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology
• Industrial Systems Technology
• Welding Technology
• Bioprocess Technology
• Emergency Medical Science
• Cosmetology (Basic)
• Cosmetology (Intermediate)
• Medical Office Administration
• Networking Technology
• Office Administration
• Paralegal Technology
• Horticulture Technology
• Business Administration
• Criminal Justice-Latent Evidence
• Accounting